2001-09-25
3:05 p.m.

It is an absolutely beautiful day outside. The type of day that reminds me that fall really is my favorite (or favourite to you brits) season. Cloudy but not overcast, cool but not cold, blustery but not windy. Moderation with an edge. Yeah, that's me.


Well my friends, not one person from my department got axed. Nope, not a one. And the only reason the preceding statements are true is that two people from my department got the boot. That's-a right. ErikTheGuyIworkWith as well as DaveTheShittyBoss both got canned this morning. If it had been just Erik, I'd have been sorry for him but happy that I had enough work to fill my days again. If it'd been just Dave, I'd have been ecstatic because Dave (how can I put this delicately) sucks fat donkey ass as a boss. But no, it's both of them. Leaving me saying "Bwaaahhh???" and staring around my soon-to-be-very-empty department like a little lost boy.

A little lost boy who's about to start a new job that is. See, it turns out my department was elminated, but I seem to have been on a list of "top-performers" meaning I was unlayoff-able. I was too good at my job. They needed me. Heh. Stupid bastards. If they only knew that this "top perfomer" spent most of his top performing time surfing the net and printing IGN game guides from the secret high speed printer.

So anyway, the company invented a new QA/IA department and decided to attach me to it. Because I'm all important and irreplaceable, see? For those of you who don't speak CorporateHorseShit, QA/IA stands for Quality Assurance/Internal Audit. We're quality and efficiency cops. We make sure that all our practices and procedures are at their most efficient. With my Peoplsoft background, I'm the DataCop. I make sure the info in the database is worth more than a hill of beans.

Do I think I'll like the new job? Dunno. Is it better than being layed off? You bet. Will I be submitting my resume anywhere and everywhere that'll take me? You bet your ass. (and what a cute little ass it is!)

The worst part of the whole deal is that I'll have to move to the executive floor and have to leave my sweet windowed office for a nondescript, nonwindowed cube. Actually I'm having two cubes assinged to me. I have just that much hardware. But still. No more internet for me on non-lunch hours. Much fewer d*land updates during the days. Certainly no more porn.

This all starts in a week or two. Until then I have no boss, no coworker. Hell, I don't have anyone in this corner of the building.

Level of work getting done until the new job starts? The bare minimum.

'Cause that's what us "top performers" do.


Hey Urs,

Go Pack Go!I've hated the Redskins ever since Joe Gibbs left as their head coach. After the Raven's embarrassing display on Sunday, I figured the only thing that'd make me happy would be a 'Skins defeat. Little did I know how happy I'd be. 37-0. Take that you arrogant DC pricks!


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